rationale
We know from thirty years of behavioural studies that attention is abnormal in autism.

One aspect of this abnormality can be characterised as a deficit in rapid shifting of the scope and focus of attention.

Although a great deal of behavioural data has accumulated, the physiological basis of this deficit has remained unclear.

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`Physiological Studies of Attention in Autism: Implications for Autistic Cognition and Behaviour', Matthew Belmonte, 26 January 2002